[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49974-49975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20749]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP00-40-001]


Florida Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Amendment

August 10, 2000.
    Take notice that on August 1, 2000, Florida Gas Transmission 
Company (FGT), 1400 Smith Street, P.O. Box 1188, Houston, Texas 77251-
1188, filed in Docket No. CP00-40-001 an amendment to its application 
in Docket No. CP00-40-000, pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas 
Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission) Regulations, to reflect: (1) changes in Phase V shippers; 
(2) changes in proposed facilities requirements, including changes in 
compressor horsepower and pipeline requirements; and (3) pipeline route 
modifications (including modifications to facilities located in Mobile 
and Baldwin Counties, AL; and Citrus, Hernando, Bay and Washington 
Counties, FL) that were requested by landowners, all as more fully set 
forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open 
to public inspection. This filing may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
    Any questions regarding the application should be directed to Mr. 
Stephen T. Veatch, Director of Certificates and Regulatory Reporting, 
Suite 3997, 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002 or call (713) 853-
6549.
    FGT states that its pipeline and horsepower modifications are due 
to the requirement to deliver natural gas to the west coast of Florida 
for Tampa Electric Company, a new shipper, instead of the east coast 
markets which were to be served by Enron North America Corp. and Dynegy 
who both exercised rights to terminate their contracts. FGT continue to 
request that the Commission find that the costs of the proposed Phase V 
Expansion can be rolled-in to establish rates for service under its 
incrementally priced Rate Schedule FTS-2. FGT states that the maximum 
rates applicable to Rate Schedule FTS-2 are expected to be lower as a 
result of such rolling-in of costs and thus, will not require subsidies 
from existing shippers.
    By this amendment FGT proposes significant changes to the pipeline 
facilities proposed in its original application. Some of the originally 
proposed pipeline facilities will be modified (located in Greene 
County,

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MS; Mobile and Baldwin Counties, AL; and Gilchrist; Columbia, Suwanee, 
Bradford, and Clay Counties, FL), some will be deleted (located in 
Hillsborough, Polk, Volusia, Orange, and Osceola Counties, FL), and 
there are some new pipeline additions proposed. FGT proposed 35.5 miles 
of new pipeline additions in Gilchrist, Levy, and Hillsborough 
Counties, Florida. In addition, compressor horsepower will be modified 
at seven compressor stations (located in Mobile County, AL; and Santa 
Rosa, Gadsden, Bradford, Marion, Citrus, and Orange Counties, FL), and 
a new 14,650 horsepower compressor station will be constructed in 
Hillborough County, Florida.
    For the total Phase V expansion as amended, FGT proposes to: (1) 
Acquire an undivided interest in Koch Gateway Pipeline Company's (Koch 
Gateway) Mobile Bay Lateral in Mobile County, Alabama that will give 
FGT capacity of 300,000 Dth per day; (2) construct construct 
approximately 191.5 miles of various diameter pipeline, additional 
compression totaling 125,215 horsepower, three delivery points, one new 
supply measurement station, and various other miscellaneous facilities. 
The proposed Phase V expansion will add an incremental capacity of 
approximately 305,819 MMBtu per day, on an annual daily average basis 
(net of turn-back). FGT estimates the total cost to be $476 million, 
including an estimated $10 million for the proposed acquisition of an 
interest in the Mobile Bay Lateral.
    FGT requests that the Commission issue a preliminary determination 
on non-environmental issues by November 1, 2000, and a final 
determination on all certificate issues on or before April 15, 2001. 
FGT further requests that the Commission allow for a construction 
period sufficient to accommodate phased in-service dates for specific 
facilities of October 1, 2001, April 1, 2002, January 1, 2003, and May 
1, 2003.
    Any person desiring to participate in the hearing process or to 
make any protest with reference to said application should on or before 
August 31, 2000, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene or a protest in accordance 
with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA 
(18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the Commission will be 
considered by it in determining the appropriate action to be taken but 
will not serve to make the protestants parties to the proceeding. The 
Commission's rules require that protestors provide copies of their 
protests to the party or parties directly involved. Any person wishing 
to become a party to a proceeding or to participate as a party in any 
hearing therein must file a motion to interevene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules.
    A person obtaining intervenor status will be placed on the service 
list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive 
copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by every one of the 
intervenors. An intervenor can file for rehearing of any Commission 
order and can petition for court review of any such order. However, an 
intervenor must submit copies of comments or any other filing it makes 
with the Commission to every other intervenor in the proceeding, as 
well as 14 copies with the Commission.
    A person does not have to intervene, however, in order to have 
comments considered. A person, instead, may submit two copies of 
comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Commenters will be placed 
on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of 
the environmental documents and will be able to participate in meetings 
associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on 
all other parties. However, commenters will not receive copies of all 
documents filed by other parties, or issued by the Commission and will 
not have the right to seek rehearing or appeal the Commission's final 
order to a federal court.
    The Commission will consider all comments and concerns equally, 
whether filed by commenters or other requesting intervenors status.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to the jurisdiction referred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the NGA and the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be held 
without further notice before the Commission or its designee on this 
application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time required 
herein, if the Commission or its designee on this application if no 
motion to intervene is filed within the time required herein, if the 
commission on its own review of the matter finds that a grant of the 
certificate is required by the public convenience and necessity. If a 
motion for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission on 
its own motion believes that a formal hearing is required, further 
notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure provided for, unless otherwise advised, it will 
be unnecessary for FGT to appear or be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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